I've played well over 500 hours of Skyrim, and I don't see anything that makes the NPC AI good or special. They just walk around on schedules and play back pre-recorded lines. It's all marketing speak!

I've played well over 500 hours of Skyrim, and I don't see anything that makes the NPC AI good or special. They just walk around on schedules and play back pre-recorded lines. It's all marketing speak!

Their focus was no on making completely compelling villagers... there were more important things to do on a project of that size.

Speaking of which...

Follower NPC AI is among the worst ever.

That is actually a fairly ridiculous statement.

There is plenty they do very well. The problem is, the better AI gets, the less you notice it precisely because it looks normal.